Review Questions on Masechet Megilla


Perek Alef
1) Why would someone read the megilla on a day other than Purim itself?
2) What was done in the big cities on Mondays and Thursdays?
3) When is a city considered to be a big city?
4) Where is the קובץ in this פרק? What connects all of those משניות?
5) What do we do differently between אדר ראשון and אדר שני?
6) What is אוכל נפש?
7) What are נדרים and what are נדבות?
8) What is a זב?
9) What are the two types of מצורע?
10) What does אשורית mean and what is its role in the משניות that you learned?
11) What are the two ways that someone becomes a כהן גדול?
12) What is a במה?
13) What are the differences between when the משכן was in שילה and when the בית המקדש was built?

Perek Bet
1) What does the term למפרע mean?
2) What does the term לעז mean?
3) What are the requirements for a kosher מגילה?
4) What is the law for a city dweller who travels to a village on Purim or vice versa?
5) Who is not allowed to read the מגילה for others?
6) Name four מצוות that are done during the day and two that are done at night.

Perek Gimmel
1) Is one allowed to sell an object that is holy? Under what conditions?
2) What is a קפנדריא? What הלכה did you learn using this term?
3) What are the ארבע פרשיות?
4) What is the Torah reading on Chanukah?
5) What is the Torah reading on Purim?

Perek Dalet
1) How many עליות are there when we read the Torah during the week? Rosh Chodesh? Yom Tov? Yom Kippur? Shabbat?
2) Name four things that require a מנין.
3) What is a מתורגמן and what was his function?
4) What is a סומא and what הלכה did you learn about him?
5) Why can a כהן with dirty hands not say ברכת כהנים?
6) What משנה in this פרק is also in מסכת ברכות? What additional information is in the משנה here?